Wisconsin Nursing Home Administrators (NHA) Practice Exam

What are the six "rights" of medication administration?

1. Right drug, dose, patient, nurse, time, route

2. Right patient, drug, dose, route, time, documentation

3. Right prescription, drug, dose, nurse, time, patient

4. Right drug, dose, documentation, patient, nurse, route

The correct answer is: Right drug, dose, patient, nurse, time, route

The six "rights" of medication administration are crucial for ensuring the safe and effective delivery of medications to patients. These rights are the right drug, right dose, right patient, right time, right route, and right documentation. Option A correctly identifies all of these essential components that need to be accurately confirmed before administering medications. Incorrect options: - Option B incorrectly places documentation as the last right, when in fact documentation is an essential part of the administration process and should be done immediately after administering the medication. - Option C includes 'right prescription' as one of the rights, which is not typically considered one of the six rights of medication administration. - Option D includes 'right nurse' as part of the rights, but it should be about the 'right patient' as the key focus during medication administration.